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| Niven, William Davidson. Adm. sizar at TRINITY, Oct. 13, 1862. S. of Charles, of Thistle Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. B. there, Mar. 24, 1842. From Aberdeen University (M.A. 1861; LL.D. 1884). Matric. Michs. 1862; Scholar, 1864; B.A. (3rd Wrangler) 1866; M.A. 1869. Fellow, 1867. Professor of Mathematics, R.E. College, Cooper's Hill, 1867; at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Lived in Cambridge, 1874-82. Director of Studies at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1882-1903. F.R.S., 1882. C.B., 1897; K.C.B., 1903. President of the London Mathematical Society, 1908-9. Edited the collected papers of Clerk Maxwell. Retired and lived at Sidcup, where he died May 29, 1917. Brother of Charles (1863), James (1870) and George (1877). (Who was Who; C. J. Fordyce; F. P. White.) | William Davidson NIVEN Approx. lifespan: 1842–1940 sizar Trinity College adm1862:10:13 Sch: From Aberdeen University From Aberdeen, ???, ; ( MA 1861 LLD (1884)) s. of Charles NIVEN of Thistle Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire , b. there 1842:03:24 Matric 1862:10MT: Scholar 1864 BA 3 rd Wrangler 1866 MA 1869 Fellow 1867 Professor of: Mathematics, Sch: R.E. College Cooper's Hill, [London], 1867 ; at the Sch: Royal Military Academy Woolwich, [London], At CB, ???, [Cambridgeshire], 1874-82 Director of: : Studies at the Sch: Royal Naval College Greenwich, [London], 1882-1903 FRS 1882 CB 1897 KCB 1903 President of: London Mathematical Society, [London], 1908-9 Publ.: Edited the collected papers of Clerk: Maxwell. Retired and Sidcup, [Kent], d. 1917:05:29 brother of Charles NIVEN (1863) brother of James NIVEN (1870) brother of George NIVEN (1877) ( Who was Who ; C. J. Fordyce; F. P. White.) [add:]Photograph: CAS: H.118[:add] |